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5. Death Becomes Him: The Hypervisibility of Martyrdom and Invisibility of the Wounded in the Iconography of Lebanese Militarised Masculinities
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Henri Myrttinen
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- List of Figures vii
- Notes on Contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xii
- Introduction. Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics 1
- 1. Basic Training 31
- 2. The Political Aesthetics of the Body of the Soldier in Pain 54
- 3. Svetlana Alexievich’s Soviet Women Veterans and the Aesthetics of the Disabled Military Body: Staring at the Unwomanly Face of War 74
- 4. Breaking the Silence: Embodiment, Militarisation and Military Dissent in the Israel/Palestine Conflict 97
- 5. Death Becomes Him: The Hypervisibility of Martyrdom and Invisibility of the Wounded in the Iconography of Lebanese Militarised Masculinities 121
- 6. Ginger Cats and Cute Puppies: Animals, Affect and Militarisation in the Crisis in Ukraine 148
- 7. Embodying War, Becoming Warriors: Media, Militarisation and the Case of Islamic State’s Online Propaganda 170
- 8. The Defender Collection: Militarisation, Historical Mythology and the Everyday Affective Politics of Nationalist Fashion in Croatia 189
- 9. Images of Insurgency: Reading the Cuban Revolution through Military Aesthetics and Embodiment 213
- 10. Seize the Time!: Military Aesthetics, Symbolic Revolution and the Black Panther Party 242
- Index 269
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- List of Figures vii
- Notes on Contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xii
- Introduction. Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics 1
- 1. Basic Training 31
- 2. The Political Aesthetics of the Body of the Soldier in Pain 54
- 3. Svetlana Alexievich’s Soviet Women Veterans and the Aesthetics of the Disabled Military Body: Staring at the Unwomanly Face of War 74
- 4. Breaking the Silence: Embodiment, Militarisation and Military Dissent in the Israel/Palestine Conflict 97
- 5. Death Becomes Him: The Hypervisibility of Martyrdom and Invisibility of the Wounded in the Iconography of Lebanese Militarised Masculinities 121
- 6. Ginger Cats and Cute Puppies: Animals, Affect and Militarisation in the Crisis in Ukraine 148
- 7. Embodying War, Becoming Warriors: Media, Militarisation and the Case of Islamic State’s Online Propaganda 170
- 8. The Defender Collection: Militarisation, Historical Mythology and the Everyday Affective Politics of Nationalist Fashion in Croatia 189
- 9. Images of Insurgency: Reading the Cuban Revolution through Military Aesthetics and Embodiment 213
- 10. Seize the Time!: Military Aesthetics, Symbolic Revolution and the Black Panther Party 242
- Index 269
